Always Wear Joy My Mother Bold and Beautiful

From an inside peek at the inner workings of Hollywood to the backstage drama of Broadway, from a poignant look at the black upper class to an honest look at the WASP elite, this elegantly wrought memoir of an extraordinary family has something for everyone. Growing up with a black Auntie Mame-like mother (who performed with the likes of Lena Horne) and an Anglo sea-faring father, Susan Fales-Hill moved seamlessly between many worlds. But it was from her mother -- a woman who was dressed by Givenchy and sculpted by Alexander Calder, yet rejected by many a casting agent for her "dark," unconventional looks -- that Susan drew inspiration, particularly when she faced challenges in her own career as a television writer in Hollywood, a town that wasn''t always receptive to positive images of people of color. As a result the two developed a bond that mothers and daughters everywhere will find inspiring. Both a universally touching mother-daughter story and a portrait of a dazzling American family, Always Wear Joy is a memoir readers won''t soon forget.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Susan Fales-Hill
• Editore: Harper Perennial USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 04.05.2004
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Fotografia, cinematografia, video, TV; Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari
• EAN: 9780060566722
• ISBN: 978-0-06-056672-2
• Numero di pagine: 304
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 13.5 x 20.3 x 1.8 cm
• Categorie: Poetry, Philosophy, Memoirs, History of Art, Modernism, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Individual photographers, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Individual artists, art monographs, Performance Art, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Gender studies: women and girls, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment, Biography: historical, political and military, The Arts: techniques and principles, Individual architects and architectural firms, Paintings and painting, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Music, ART: Individual Artists / General, ART: Women Artists, DESIGN: Fashion & Accessories, ART: History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), ART: Individual Artists / Essays, ART: Performance, PHOTOGRAPHY: Individual Photographers / General